Flag
Description:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three
green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white
band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic script
- Allahu to the right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the
middle star - was added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis;
similar to the flag of Syria which has two stars but no script and the
flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag
of Egypt which has a symbolic eagle centered in the white band